 Microsoft Windows XP |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 28 | 28 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  0 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 31 | 26 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.041 % | 0.026 % |
| As % of the category below | 15.90 % | 13.61 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £224 | £269 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.92 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 16 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £15.24 | £12.80 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.22 | £13.90 |
| % change on same period last year | +16.65 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £17.19 | £15.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.28 | £16.75 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.78 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 195 | 191 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.260 % | 0.193 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 30 | 25 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £293 | £276 |
| Average daily rate | £329 | £294 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.12 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £366 | £311 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £335 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 50 | 64 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.27 | £18.39 |
| Average hourly rate | £20.72 | £19.55 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.00 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.17 | £20.70 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £22.08 | £23.44 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.80 % |
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows XP across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
